Hello. I am Yueh-Te Lin(Eric)
First of all, I really like this movie, it’s meaningful one that I’ve ever seen this year. In this film, there’re two different sides about what family is, one of them is the traditional family leads by William’s mother, another one is the bus tour with Still Water‘s members. This film didn’t make Rock “n” Roll as the symbol which seems like cool, it try to give the answer to point out the traditional family value, which is the real rescue from chaos. Due to the answer, William can keep himself as a real person all the time, even he’s going to the trip with Russell, the guy who is usually messed up in life, William still act in different way neither to others, and he choose to solve the problems not just avoiding it.
The most favorite moment in this film I think is when they found Russell in the house taking drugs that made him in coma, then they pulled him back to the bus, there’re a song played in the bus. At first, no one trying to sing it, but few seconds later, they sang it one after the other. I really like the song and was touching by the scene, because it just showed us how music affecting people to be better.
I try to understand what director wants to express and convey to audiences, and I’ve realize that he has such an enthusiasm emotion through music, it is his whole life and that makes the story become so natural and smooth, made me feeling like I’m not just an audience but also a friend who is listening the music.